Bernadette Peters: Biography, Latest News & Videos

  • Birth Name: Bernadette Lazzara
  • Birth Place: Ozone Park, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/28/1948, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; singer
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The Tuesday Playlist: Justified, New Normal Finales; Another Look at Phil Spector

Too soon. We always feel that way when a season of FX's marvelously entertaining Justified comes to a close. It can't be easy sustaining that high-wire act of violent tension and wry bourbon-smooth humor, while staying true to the voice and tone of Elmore Leonard's creation of the laconic yet steely U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, but they sure make it go down easy. The fourth-season finale (Tuesday, 10/9c) is titled "Ghosts," and it's a haunted hour, all right — haunted by what-ifs, by dreams deferred and hopes crushed by the weight of bad acts and Harlan County's history of bad people — but it's also a truly badass episode when it needs to be, with fateful confrontations and crazy twists, some satisfying and others troubling.

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Keck's Exclusives First Look: Smash Goes to the Tonys

The struggling Smash, which NBC is moving to Saturdays starting April 6, will close out its second (and likely final) season in late May or early June by sending the main characters to the Tony Awards. A trip to Broadway's big night "was part of the pitch that got me the job," says executive producer Josh Safran, who took over as showrunner this season. "It's an event that doesn't necessarily ­require you to be nominated to be there. People attend, perform and present awards. And there is a song that involves the entire lead cast."

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VIDEO: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Choreographed

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Choreographed
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Aired: 11/28/2006

A model dies under mysterious circumstances, and the murder was choreographed by an unlikely suspect. watch

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2012 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2010 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2007 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2006 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2003 It Runs In The Family Movie, Actor - Rebecca Gromberg

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Smash Scoop: Bernadette Peters Returning in Season 2

A familiar face is returning for Smash's second season.

Bernadette Peters will reprise her role as Leigh Conroy, the mother of Megan Hilty's Ivy, Vulture reports.

Bernadette Peters on Smash, Karen's lack of desperation and what she'd do on Glee

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Matt's TV Week in Review

Let's start this week's rundown with some good news.

Like a bit of reality redemption, as the charming and freakishly talented Mondo wins Project Runway All Stars. read more

Cheers & Jeers: Smash — Song of Bernadette

Cheers to Bernadette Peters for bringing Smash exactly what it needs: a true diva.

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Ask Matt: CBS (Non) Renewals, Smash, The River, Grey's, Awake, More

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Question: Do you think it is possible that CBS will cancel Unforgettable, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY? I really like all of them and I am hoping this won't come true. — Linda

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Bernadette Peters on Smash, Karen's Lack of Desperation and What She'd Do on Glee

Ivy's famous Broadway mom will make her debut in Monday's episode of Smash — much to her overshadowed daughter's dismay -- and it looks like she's also reserved tickets to opening night.

Bernadette Peters, who plays Mama Rose, er, Leigh Conroy, tells TVGuide.com that she'll return to the set of Smash next week to film the season finale. Is that because she's attending Ivy's big night as Marilyn? "I'm in the finale. I come to see my daughter, yes," Peters says, coyly. (No word on whether it's a conciliatory visit because, we suspect, Karen winds up clinching the role.)

We talked to Peters about her role on Smash, Karen's lack of desperation (shouldn't she be wanting that part a whole lot more?) and the perilous life of a theater performer... read more

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